NUPEC

What NUPEC does

NUPEC (Associação Núcleo Universitário de Pesquisas, Estudos e Consultoria) is a Rio de Janeiro-based non-profit association founded in 1988 and operating independently since 2009, when it separated from UNICARIOCA. The organization delivers consulting, research, training, and project-management services to Brazilian public-sector clients through six specialized centers: CEPEG (Centro de Estudos do Petróleo e Gás) for petroleum and gas regulation, CEJUR for legal advisory, CEDUC for education, CST for technology and IT systems, CAET for occupational safety training, and CEPREV for social projects such as Costurando Cidadania and Mediação Escolar. With roughly 55 employees, NUPEC combines academic rigor (anchored in partnerships with COPPEAD/UFRJ) with field execution across federal, state, and municipal government contracts.

The business model is consultative and contract-driven: NUPEC is engaged by government entities for training programs, regulatory studies, and project execution. Notable engagements include a nationwide SUAS (Sistema Único de Assistência Social) training partnership with the Ministry of Social Development (MDS) and the United Nations Development Programme (PNUD) deployed across multiple states including Pará, Alagoas, and Ceará, and a partnership with TV Escola (MEC) supporting the Hora do Enem educational program. The Cátedra COPPEAD initiative, built with COPPEAD/UFRJ, adds a data-dashboard and strategic-analysis product layer. Pricing is project-based, funded through public procurement contracts, grants, and institutional partnerships; revenue is not publicly disclosed.

NUPEC's strategic position is that of a long-tenured, multi-disciplinary public-sector consultancy with strong regulatory and education credentials but limited scale and no disclosed proprietary technology. Its principal dependencies are federal and state contract flows, making it subject to the political and fiscal cycles of Brazilian public administration. The combination of academic pedigree, regulatory specialization, and a national training footprint forms the basis of its competitive position, though expansion into analytics and AI-enabled service delivery remains nascent.

Name

NUPEC

Legal name

Associação Núcleo Universitário de Pesquisas, Estudos e Consultoria

Website

https://nupec.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

NUPEC is a Rio de Janeiro-based non-profit association founded in 1988, operating six specialized centers that deliver consulting, training, and project management primarily to Brazilian federal, state, and municipal government clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Sector Consulting and Research Services

NAICS

Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169), Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Project, Quality & Operations (PMP PDUs, Six Sigma, Quality CE) (EDAAALAM)

Keywords

• Public sector consulting
• Government advisory services
• Petroleum royalty consulting
• Social security management
• Professional training programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Rio de Janeiro

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Consulting and Advisory Services: Professional consulting services for public administration including legal advisory, actuarial services, tax recovery, and technical-juridical monitoring of petroleum royalty distributions.
2. Research and Studies: Development of research projects, studies, and programs for public and private institutions in areas such as petroleum regulation, social security, education, and technology.
3. Training and Capacity Building: Professional training programs for public servants and educators, including certification courses and specialized professional qualification.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

NUPEC delivers consulting, research, technical advisory, and professional training services to Brazilian public administration and select private institutions through six specialized centers. Core engagements cover petroleum and natural gas royalty recovery, social security regime creation and actuarial evaluation, tax and payroll credit recovery, public administration modernization, legal and regulatory advisory, and large-scale capacity-building programs for public servants.

Product overview

NUPEC (Núcleo Universitário de Pesquisas, Estudos e Consultoria) is a research and consulting association offering services through six specialized centers: CEPEG (environmental/energy/petroleum studies), CEJUR (legal services), CEDUC (education and training), CST (technology solutions), CAET (administration/economics/taxation), and CEPREV (social security management). The company also operates four social projects including Hora do Enem, Costurando Cidadania, Mediação Escolar, and Cátedra COPPEAD. The portfolio operates as separate consulting and research centers rather than an integrated software platform, providing specialized services in public administration modernization, petroleum/gas royalty consulting, legal services, educational programs, and technology solutions for public and private institutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CEPEG - Centro de Estudos em Meio Ambiente, Energia, Petróleo e Gás Natural: Studies, research, and programs in Petroleum, Natural Gas, and Environment areas.
• CEJUR - Centro de Estudos e Serviços Jurídicos
• CEDUC - Centro de Educação e Capacitação
• CST - Centro de Soluções Tecnológicas
• CAET - Centro de Administração, Economia e Tributos
• CEPREV - Centro de Estudos e Gestão Previdenciária

Products and services

• CEPEG - Centro de Estudos em Meio Ambiente, Energia, Petróleo e Gás Natural Elaborates studies, research, and programs in petroleum, natural gas, and environmental areas. Provides technical and legal advisory services for credit rights of oil and gas royalties to public and private clients.
• CEJUR - Centro de Estudos e Serviços Jurídicos Performs research, studies, and programs in legal areas including Administrative Law, Public Law, Regulatory Law for Oil and Gas, Tax Law, and Commercial Law for public administration and private clients.
• CEDUC - Centro de Educação e Capacitação Conducts research, studies, and programs of education, training, assistance, and professional development for public and private institutions, including large-scale teacher training and capacity-building programs.
• CST - Centro de Soluções Tecnológicas Conducts research, development, and programs in information technology, systems development, corporate solutions, and electronic document management for government and corporate clients.
• CAET - Centro de Administração, Economia e Tributos Performs research, studies, and programs in administration, social security, finance, and taxation, with services in tax recovery and administrative modernization for municipalities and states.
• CEPREV - Centro de Estudos e Gestão Previdenciária Conducts studies, research, development, and programs in social security with emphasis on own social security regimes (RPPS), including actuarial evaluation and cost plan review for municipal pension institutes.
• Mediação Escolar e Socioeducação Familiar Professional training program for mediators working with children and adolescents with special educational needs, offered to municipalities through CEDUC, including family socio-education services.
• Hora do Enem Free preparation course for ENEM (National High School Exam) including video lessons, digital teaching platform, vocational tests, and simulated exams, delivered in partnership with TV Escola – Fundação Roquette Pinto.
• Costurando Cidadania Professional qualification project teaching sewing machine operation and entrepreneurship for local community development, delivered with local government partners.
• Cátedra COPPEAD Research development project on local public management creating a data dashboard for Rio de Janeiro municipalities with socioeconomic and municipal expense data consolidated from IBGE, SICONFI, SEFAZ-RJ, ANP, MS, and INEP.

Quantifiable outcome

• 14,049 PBF and SUAS technicians trained nationwide through distance education
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• FUJB – Fundação Universitária José BonifáciocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the José Bonifácio University Foundation for consulting projects, including property recadastral work at Itatiaia municipality and structuring of banking services procurement processes.
• UNICARIOCA – Centro Universitário CariocamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNUPEC was created as successor to the Special Projects Nucleus of UNICARIOCA, which was rated the best University Center in Rio de Janeiro by MEC for 8 consecutive years. This institutional relationship provides academic foundation and credibility.
• TV Escola – Fundação Roquette PintocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership for the Hora do Enem project where TV Escola provides educational content through television broadcasts while NUPEC finances the program. Classes are transmitted via TV in multiple schedules.
• MDS – Ministério do Desenvolvimento Social / PNUDmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerConsortium with IBAM/NUPEC for capacity building on SUAS implementation and Bolsa Família program nationwide, reaching 14,049 technicians across all Brazilian municipalities through distance education.
• Secretarias de Educação e Indústria e Comércio de Comendador Levy GasparianminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal government partnerships supporting the Costurando Cidadania social project, providing physical space and institutional support for vocational training in sewing and garment production.
• Prefeitura de Iguaba GrandeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Iguaba Grande municipality for the Mediação Escolar project, providing school mediation training and family socio-education services through CEDUC.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC): Brazilian business school and management consulting foundation with public-sector and executive education programs, comparable to NUPEC's mix of training, research, and consulting for institutional clients.
• Falconi Consultoria de Resultados: Brazilian management consulting firm with a strong public-sector practice, comparable to NUPEC's CAET administration/economics/taxation center on operational modernization and fiscal recovery work.
• Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV): One of Latin America's largest education and research foundations, with FGV EBAP and consulting arms serving Brazilian government and enterprises. Broad incumbent with overlapping public-sector research, training, and policy work.

Direct peers

• Insper: Brazilian institution combining education, research, and public-policy consulting; comparable in structure (nonprofit), target audience (public and private institutions), and consulting/research model.
• Fundação José Bonifácio (FUJB): University foundation supporting UFRJ-related consulting and project management; existing NUPEC partner with overlapping university-foundation governance and public-sector consulting model.
• ENAP (Escola Nacional de Administração Pública): Brazil's national school of public administration, providing consulting, training, and certification for federal, state, and municipal public servants — directly comparable to NUPEC's CEDUC training and capacity-building offerings.
• Instituto do Legislativo Paulista (ILP): São Paulo state legislature's training and research institute providing consulting and capacity building for public servants — directly comparable to NUPEC's CEDUC and CEPREV engagements with legislative and executive branches.
• IBAM (Instituto Brasileiro de Administração Municipal): Brazilian nonprofit dedicated to municipal public administration consulting and capacity building; directly comparable to NUPEC's CEPREV, CAET, and CEDUC work, and was NUPEC's consortium partner on the nationwide MDS-PNUD training program.
• Centro Universitário Carioca (UNICARIOCA): NUPEC's institutional predecessor, from whose Special Projects Nucleus NUPEC was spun out in 2009; closely related academic and consulting ecosystem in Rio de Janeiro.

Emerging players

• Centro de Liderança Pública (CLP): Brazilian nonprofit producing research, rankings, and advisory for municipal and state public management modernization; overlapping with NUPEC's municipal modernization and public administration focus, but at a smaller scale and narrower scope.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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